Visiting the Archives Happy New Year! Here’s to a 2016 filled with JOY. I’m visiting the archives today because my #MYONE WORD for 2016 is LAUGH, drawing from Proverbs 31:25 (NLT), “She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without...
Sometimes practicing kindness is hard work. I’m not proud of me right now. Not 30 minutes out of a fabulous, challenging, life-giving church service, I found myself in Walmart wanting to be mean. There, I said it. Put me in the corner. I deserve a time out. Yep....
Unrelenting disappointment leaves you heartsick, but a sudden good break can turn life around.” -Proverbs 13:12 (MSG) Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.” -Proverbs 13:12 (NIV) The Pain of Unanswered...
What Does Brave Look Like? Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ― Winston S. Churchill Volumes have been written on bravery. On courage. On perseverance. And, yet, I still find it hard to do. To move outside my...
Most couples are willing to spend an hour a week talking about their relationship. I suggest that emotional attunement can take place (at a minimum) in that weekly “state of the union” meeting. That means that at least an hour a week is devoted to the relationship and...
“When you give yourself permission to communicate what matters to you in every situation you will have peace despite rejection or disapproval. Putting a voice to your soul helps you to let go of the negative energy of fear and regret.” ― Shannon L. Alder ...
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